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H. REUTBR. COMBINED FLUTING AND SMGOTHING IRON.

N0. 336,435. Patented rjhlg, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEINRICH REUTER, OF HANOVER, HANOVER, GERMANY.

COMBINED FLUTING AND SMOOTHING IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,435, dated February 16. 1886.

Application filed July 2, 1885. Serial No. 170.461. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, HEINRICH REUTER, a

citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing atv Hanover, in the Province of Hanover, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Fluting and Smoothing Iron; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription ofthe invention, such as will enable Io others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of combined iiuting and smoothing irons which can be alternately used for liuting I 5 any Inaterial, or as an ordinary smoothing or 2o a very moderate cost, so as to be within the reach of every one.

The invention consists in the construction of certain parts and arrangement of details, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and

2 5 Inore denitely pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters indicate similar parts in the different figures of the drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved Iiuting and smoothing iron. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same on line x x.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on line y y. Fig. 5 is a plan or top view; Fig. 6, a detail view of one of the detachable utingplates.

In the drawings, Ais the main body or lower 4o part of the iron, made of any desired size and shape, and is made smooth on its lower face, and has an open end that is closed by a removable plate or door, a, which is held in place by the lugs a. Through the open end a heating-iron or steel plug, B, is inserted 'to heat the iron, and when it is desired to use it said plug is heated to a red heat. The upper side of the body A is formed of a detachable plate, c, held in place by the dovetailed sides and lugs c,cast on the body A, forming grooves, and by the plate or door a. The upper face of this plate is corrugated, so as to form the ilutings. The body A is provided with alug, a, to which the upper part, D, of the iron is pivoted. The lower face of this part D is formed of a removable plate, d, also corrugated, and the corrugations thereof correspond with those on plate c. This plate d is retained in its position by its dovetailed sides, forming grooves, and a thumb-screw, e, which presses against the back of said plate and prevents it from slipping out of place. On each side of the part D, near its rear end,are arranged the lugs f, which depend downward over the sides of the base A, and through said lugs pass the set-screws g g, which secure the part D in place when screwed tightly against the sides ofthe base, as shown in Fig. 2. The handle C is cast with the partD in the usual manner.

Vhen it is desired to use the iron as an ordinary flat or smoothing iron, the plug B, being properly heated, is inserted through the opening in the base, which is then closed by the door a, when the iron will be properly heated by the plug B and will be ready for use.

When it is desired to iiute any material, the set-screws g g are first loosened, the part D with its corrugated face-plate is raised on its pivot, the material to be iiuted is placed between the upper and lower corrugated plates, c and cl, and when the material has been retained between them a short time it will be found to be properly iluted, and can be moved to the adjoining section to be iiuted until completed.

It will be seen that during ordinary flatironing, when the face of the body A is used, the plates c and d can be taken out, if desired. In case they become worn out or broken they can be easily replaced by new ones. The use of the plug in its heated state obviates the necessity of placing the iron on a stove or furnace. It can be produced at a very moderate expense, and is not liable to get out of order.

I am aware that fiuting-plates made removable from a smoothing-iron, and alsqrtrhataheating-cores for heating irons of this kind, are in base Aand part D, and aresecured in place broadly not new, and disclaim such as of my by the door a and set-screw e, all constructed invention; but, and arranged substantially as shown and specil Having thus described inyvinvention, what l ed. l 5 I claim isi A In testimony whereof I hereto affix my sig- 15 Ihe linting and smoothing iron herein de- `nature in presence of two witnesses. l scribed, consisting'of the base A, the plug B, yHEINRICH REUTER. and part D,hinged to said. base A, and the cor- Witnesses: rugated removable plates c and d, having dove- WILLIAMS C. FOX,

1o tailed sides that engage corresponding grooves L. FOX. 

